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Private Biking Wine Tour (full day) in the Marlborough Region
4.8
12 Ratings
Blenheim
Discover Marlborough’s finest wines on a private biking tour. Enjoy flexible itineraries, stunning scenery, and exclusive tastings. Book your ultimate wine adventure today.
Duration:
6 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- The Vines Village - The Vines Village is our home base. This is the starting point for our tours. From here we will visit 5-6 wineries before returning here at the end of the day.
What's Included
- Wine Experience - either a winery tour or private tasting or food & wine match
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Professional guide
- Use of bicycle
- Use of helmet
- Wine tasting charges
What's Not Included
- We do not pick up from Picton or Havelock
- Lunch
Additional Information
The deluxe guided biking wine tour of the Marlborough wine region is private touring at its best. You will be picked up from your Blenheim or Renwick accommodation in the morning and taken to our home base in the heart of the Marlborough wine region where you will meet your guide for the day. They will set you up with bikes and helmets and talk you through the plan for the day.
As this is a private tour the day plan can be flexible to accommodate your riding pace or photo stop requirements. You will visit 5 wineries on the tour, stopping at one of them for lunch. (Lunch is at your own cost). At one of the wineries, we will have either a winery or vineyard tour, private tasting, blind tasting or food and wine match. This is the ultimate way to experience the Marlborough wine region. Experience stunning scenery, world class wines, friendly wineries, delicious food and relaxing biking.
E-bikes (electric bikes) are avalible as an upgrade option.
- Bring comfortable clothes for cycling
- It is recommended to also bring a warm top, sunscreen and sunglasses for this tour
- Minimum drinking age is 18 years
- Children younger than 18 years old can be accommodated with prior notice
- A maximum of 10 people per booking
Location
The Vines Village
193 Rapaura Road,
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(12 Ratings)
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Robmarf
Jan 27, 2024
A Truly Memorable Experience - The tour was truly memorable. Cycling through beautiful countryside, stopping to sample wonderful wines with a knowledgeable, entertaining and empathetic guide (Doug) was a wonderful experience!
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341caitlinl
Feb 20, 2022
Fantastic team, great experience - Andy and the team were absolutely fantastic. Unfortunately the weather wasn't great when we were there but Andy made contact to talk through plans A, B, and C, making recommendations and helping with bookings. The whole team worked hard to make it an amazing day and even though we couldn't bike we still had an amazing time taking in the wineries
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Brianr4086
Oct 23, 2021
Private bike hire - Easy to book, very helpful staff with good briefing. Would highly recommend to all.suitable for all ages with great bikes
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Keithbenny
Mar 23, 2021
Great bike tour - Had a great day on the bikes with Andy who was a wonderful quide, friendly, informative and a pleasure to meet, so glad we picked a quided tour well worth it. Would recommend this company, had a wonderful day, will definitely be back, Thanks again for a great day.
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Virginia
Jan 28, 2020
Incredible guided tour with Hamish! - My husband and I are so grateful to Hamish’s customized bike tour of the beautiful Marlborough region! He was extremely attentive, informative, fun, and knew exactly how to accommodate the day to our needs while allowing us to get a great taste of the region! Memorable, delightful, and delicious!!!
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Toppsnorwich
Dec 20, 2019
Wonderful experience - We were picked up by Andy at our apartments and taken a short journey to to collect our bikes and start the wine tour. Andy was a ray of sunshine and set the tone for the rest of the day. Our guide, Fenella, was fantastic, really knowledgeable and made the whole experience an absolute pleasure. We visited six vineyards in total and each was just a short ride. The hospitality from each establishment was first class and the wines were lush. Our favourite was Forrest, a small family run business, where we met Lizzie who went through the history and background of all of the wines. We'd highly recommend this tour and loved every minute.
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Steve
Nov 22, 2019
Great Day in Wind Country - I did the full day bike tour and it could not have been more perfect. Several had signed up that day, so they split us into two groups--one of 4 and ours of 3. Our guide, Fenella, was fabulous and had actually grown up in the wine business. We visited 6 wineries and sampled several wonderful wines at each, with just enough (flat) biking between to stay refreshed. Booking, pick up in Blenheim and delivery back were seamless. I can't recommend this enough.
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206rosals
Mar 13, 2018
Outstanding Tour and Guides - This tour was a load of fun. Andy, our tour guide was friendly and knowledgeable. He took us to a few medium-sized vineyards in Marlborough which made the trip very special - we got to meet some of the owners, as well as taste wine that isn't available in the US, which differentiated this from the visits we might have made on our own. There are bike paths off the main road so it was a leisurely ride among the fields and lunch was superb. I highly recommend this tour!
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Jennylewisohnviola
Feb 25, 2018
An exceptional experience - Nothing could have improved our personalised, fascinating and beautiful bicycle tour courtesy of Norm at Explore Marlborough. We were the only two on the tour and he tailored the day to our interests including a visit to wonderful local artist Joanna Dudson Scott, the Makana chocolate factory as well as a rich array of exceptional wine makers in the region. Absolutely brilliant and unforgettable - we cannot thank Norm enough. There's nothing for it - just book this tour!
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Kldellsperger
Jan 25, 2023
The bike tour of wine country is the way to go! - We had fun biking and sampling wine at 3 wineries. Our favorite was Forrest where we also had a wonderful lunch. The group size was a bit large for biking (20) was expecting 10-12. Difficult to hear the winery staff describing wines as the tasting venues were not designed for such large groups. Reduced score because of group size.
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